Strong's Lexicon
G1652 — ἐλεεινός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1652 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐλεεινός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1656 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | eleeinos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | el-eh-ei-nos' |
| Meaning: | 1. pitiable |
| KJV Renderings: | miserable |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐληινος, ἐληινη, ἐληινον (ἔλεος), from Homer down, to be pitied, miserable: Rev 3:17 (where WH have adopted the Attic form ἐλεινός, see their Appendix, p. 145); comparative, 1Co 15:19. (Cf. Winer’s Grammar, 99 (94).)
STRONGS NT 1652: ἐλεινός [ἐλεινός, see ἐληινος.]
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐλεεινός (miserable)
1 Corinthians 15:19
- KJV: If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable
- GK: ει εν τη ζωή ταύτη ηλπικότες εσμέν εν χριστώ μόνον ελεεινότεροι πάντων ανθρώπων εσμέν
Revelation 3:17
- KJV: Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked
- GK: ότι λέγεις ότι πλούσιός ειμι και πεπλούτηκα και ουδενός χρείαν έχω και ουκ οίδας ότι συ ει ο ταλαίπωρος και ο ελεεινός και πτωχός και τυφλός και γυμνός
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